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Ferris Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-040
Overview
The collection contains correspondence, journals and other writings, business and legal papers, and miscellaneous items of the Ferris family of Wilmington, Delaware, a prominent Quaker family. Of particular note are the correspondence and writings of Benjamin Ferris concerning the Separation in the Society of Friends, as well as the journals and diaries of Anna M. Ferris, David Ferris, Matilda Ferris, Benjamin Ferris, and Henry Ferris. Correspondents include William Lloyd Garrison, William...
Dates:
1737-1940
Isaac Hicks Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-197
Overview
Isaac Hicks (1767-1820) was a New York Quaker merchant. He established a large fleet of international trading vessels and financially helped to support his cousin, Edward Hicks (1780-1849), the Pennsylvania Quaker folk artist. Isaac Hicks traveled extensively with his cousin, Elias Hicks (1748-1830), the New York Quaker minister. The collection contains primarily the correspondence of Isaac Hicks, including letters from Isaac Hicks to his wife describing religious journeys taken with Elias...
Dates:
1798-ca. 1956 (bulk 1798-1818)
Collection of Isaac T. Hopper papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-058
Abstract
This collection includes Isaac T. Hopper's original and photocopied letters and his letterbook. Much of the material concerns his bookselling business and the Hicksite separation. He relates news of figures central to the controversy, including Elisha Bates, Elias Hicks, and Anna Braithwaite. Also included is Hopper's copy of the book, The History of the Life of Thomas Elwood.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1833-1902 [ 1833-1845]
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- Bates, Elisha, 1781-1861 1
- Biddle, Mary, 1780-1849 1
- Braithwaite, Anna, 1788-1859 1
- Bringhurst, Joseph, 1767-1834 1
- Comly, John, 1773-1850 1
- Ferris family 1
- Ferris, Anna M., 1815-1890 1
- Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
- Ferris, David, 1821-1908 1
- Ferris, Fanny, 1778-1833 1
- Ferris, Henry 1
- Ferris, John, 1775-1802 1
- Ferris, Matilda, 1853-1937 1
- Ferris, Ziba, 1743-1794 1
- Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819 1
- Fisher, Samuel Rowland, 1745-1834 1
- Gibbons, J. S. (James Sloan), 1810-1892 1
- Gibbons, Mary, 1795-1876 1
- Hicks family 1
- Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849 1
- Hicks, Isaac, 1767-1820 1
- Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835 1
- Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
- Marriott, Charles 1
- Poole, William, 1764-1829 1
- Rakestraw, Joseph, 1780?-1860 1
- Rotch, Thomas, 1767-1823. 1
- Rotch, William, 1734-1828 1 ∧ less
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